He has remained behind bars ever since his arrest in March 2021. The trial took place behind closed doors in the Belarusian city of Grodno. In February, Mr Poczobut was found guilty of inflicting harm on Belarus' national security and 'sowing discord'. It comes after Belarus's Supreme Court upheld an eight-year prison sentence to Andrzej Poczobut - a correspondent for a top newspaper in Poland. Poland has in the past closed some border crossings withīelarus, which Russia used to stage part of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, described the previous closures as 'irrational and dangerous'. Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Twitter that he also plans to add several hundred Belarusian officials to sanctions lists.

Plans for the travel ban were published on Friday in a draft regulation by the country's interior ministry. Operations with non-conventional weapons, using biological orīorder to freight vehicles registered in Belarus and Russia to 'ensure public safety'. Russia has repeatedly accused Kyiv of planning 'false flag' Nuclear incident on its territory to pin the blame on Moscow.

In February, Russia said Ukraine was planning to stage a The area has repeatedly been hit by shelling since - with both sides blaming each other. Russian troops captured the power plant - the largest nuclear power station in Europe - shortly after its February 2022 invasion. Plant, has made no mention of any disruption. The Vienna-based IAEA, which frequently posts updates on the The defence ministry said Russians had 'sabotaged' a planned rotation of the staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring mission at the power station. 'Russians are going to use this so desirable pause for the regrouping of the occupational personnel and to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive.' 'They aim to provoke the international community and conduct a detailed investigation requiring a ceasefire,' the ministry says.

It also claims that Russia wants to force a ceasefire in the region and is planning to pin the incident on Ukraine. The ministry says its intelligence suggests Russians are planning to 'imitate' an accident at the plant - which was captured by Russian troops in March last year. Ukraine's defence ministry is claiming Russia is planning to fake a nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia power plant 'within hours'.

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